If you want to quickly lose your investors trust, then start missing the milestones on your engineering schedules. I found this one out the hard way. But, as quickly as we lost our investors trust, we gained it back. I’ll walk you through how we used the critical chain methodology to gain back our investors…
“You’re a tough guy because you’ve executed your plan,” “Raul,” one of our investors said to me. I nodded and said, “Thank you,” in response. What Raul said meant a lot to me because he threw praise around like manhole covers. In other words, it was a rare event when Raul ever said anything positive.…
Oh, the things I wish I could tell you, but I can’t. You see the CEO union forbids me to say certain things to you. Not to mention our Board of Directors and the SEC. I wish I could tell you I am worried about the company’s future. I wish I could tell you how…
I recently wrote an article titled, “Should You Be Friends With Your Co-Founders?” In the article, I focused on the differences between you, the CEO, and your co-founders, the loneliness of being CEO, and how you can’t freely share everything with your co-founders. My beliefs on co-founder relationships is based my experience as a CEO, and it…
Creating a clean, easy to use capitalization table is a must have when you’re working with potential investors. But, if you’ve never created a cap table before, what exactly does a clean cap table look like? I’ll walk you through the steps in this video. I hope you like it. Do You Want To…
“This is the first time we’ve ever disagreed,” I said to Gill, one of the investors in my company. I had just told him that I wanted to get a loan for my company, and Gill, much to my surprise, was against the idea. “I know, Brett. I know,” Gill said. “My feeling is that…
Wouldn’t it be great if there were some easy ways to improve your pitch? Well, you’re in luck. Today, I’m going to share with you five easy things you can do to improve your pitch. The great thing about what I’ll share with you in this video is anyone, and I mean anyone, can do…
“We’re upping our plan for the year,” “James,” the CEO of a very successful startup I’m working with said to me. It was the second time he’d increased his plan in the past six months. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. “Cool,” I said. “You’ve finally entered what…
Waterfall charts are an essential tool for making it really easy for your audience, be it your board of directors or your team, to easily understand how a various part of your company is performing. Yet, most people have never created, or even heard of a waterfall chart. In today’s video, I’m going to teach…
“Man, you’re living a charmed life right now,” I said to “Ray,” the CEO of a very hot startup I’ve been working with. “Thirty minutes and he’s (an investor) going to give you $75 million!” I shook my head in disbelief. Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here. “It…